Leadership, Pharmacy, and You

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Leadership Speakers’ Bureau

Leadership Speakers Bureau

ASHP Foundation’s

Center for Health-System Pharmacy Leadership

in partnership with the

ASHP’S Student Forum

Learning Objectives

When you leave today you will be able to• Describe the importance and rewards of professional leadership.• Define management and leadership.• Assess your current individual leadership skills.• Define a personal leadership goal.• Identify possible mentors.• Describe attributes of a successful mentoring relationship.

Defining effective leadership is difficult. Defining the need is not.

“For pharmacy, the tipping point lies somewhere between a remarkable past and a very uncertain future.

In the months and years ahead, we could move into a new era in which pharmacists are critical components of every health care team … or we could become marginalized.”

-Kevin Colgan, ASHP Past PresidentInaugural Speech, June 2008

Does Pharmacy Need Leaders?

Your Leadership

Healthcare Crises!

And the list goes on…

What issues need leadership in your setting?

Medication Errors

Rising DrugCosts

Limited Access

Who is a leader?

What is Leadership?

“Leadership is influence – nothing more, nothing less.”

- John C. Maxwell

What is Leadership?

“Great leaders move us. They ignite our passion and inspire the best in us.”

- Daniel Goleman

“Leadership is the art of doing more than the science of management says you can.”

-General Colin Powell, USA (ret)

What is Leadership?

Do you need a job title to be a leader?

Leader with Job Title Leader without Job Title

My Leadership Story

• Why I chose to develop my leadership skills

• How I developed my leadership skills

• A leadership accomplishment of which I am particularly proud

• Benefits and rewards I have gained from leadership

Managers and Leaders

• Focus on Systems• Does things right• Administers• Maintains• Accepts reality• Accepts status quo• Short-range view• Eye on bottom line

• Focus on people• Does the right thing• Innovates• Develops• Investigates reality• Challenges status quo• Long-range perspective• Eye on horizon

Bennis, Warren and Goldsmith, Joan. Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader, Perseus Books, Reading, MA, 1997, p. 9-10.

Is leadership in pharmacy important?

Opportunities for Building Your Leadership Skills

Mentorship

Professional

Community

Educational

Leadership

So what does “Mentor” mean?

Let’s look in the dictionary…

Mentor

men·tor-noun

1. A town in NE Ohio.

Mentor

men·tor-noun

1. A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

“Mentoring is a circular dance that provides opportunities for us to experience both giving and receiving each other’s gifts

without limitations of fears.”-Huang & Lynch, 1995

The Concept of Mentoring

• Share information and experiences

• Help mentee succeed today and in the future

• How?– Discussion– Role-modeling– Assignments– Coaching– “Teacher-student” relationship

Types of Mentoring

Natural / Informal Planned / Formal

• Friendship

• Collegiality

• Teaching

• Coaching

• Counseling

• Structured Program

Effective Mentoring Relationships

• Require both mentor and mentee participation• Start with an initial “crucial conversation”• Positive attitude• Listening is critical• Personal courage to speak your mind• Priority to make the relationship work

Effective Mentors

• Listen• Are available and approachable• Allow failure• Bring good news and bad • Provide feedback• Follow-up• Works both ways

Effective Mentees

• Goal-oriented• Seek challenges• Take initiative• Show eagerness to learn• Accept personal responsibility

Structured Mentoring Program

How do I go from here?

• Define a specific personal leadership goal.

• What is the first step you can take to achieve this goal?

Self Assessment

Develop Your Leadership Skills

Start at the local level:

1. Join a pharmacy student organization.Student Society of Health-System Pharmacy

2. Join your State Affiliate organization.[insert state affiliate name here]

3. Attend a pharmacy conference or meeting.ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Summer Meeting

Leadership Conference

[State Affiliate Annual meeting]

Steps you can takeSurround

yourself with great people – don’t be afraid

of these guys…

I am smarter than you

We have different

ideas than you

I have a “difficult” personality

Steps you can take

Think big…dream bigger

Steps you can take

Take calculated risks

Are you a Leader or Follower?

• Develop your leadership skills to– Realize your personal goals.– Change the world in your own way.– Positively impact the lives of others.

What will be your next step??

THANK YOU

Learn about leadership in a health-system

pharmacy setting online at www.ashp.org and

www.ashpfoundation.org